RE: Hello18 Jul 2019 09:57
As they point out themselves on the website
Only one pharmaceutical treatment, Addyi (flibanserin, antidepressant with selective action at serotonin 5-HT receptors), is marketed in the US for HSDD. Flibanserin efficacy in large US-based clinical studies was statistically significant over placebo, but demonstrated concomitant safety problems, such as risk of severe hypotension and syncope when taken together with alcohol or even Addyi alone, or Central Nervous System (CNS) depression (e.g., somnolence, sedation) with Addyi alone. Other common side effects included dizziness, somnolence, nausea, fatigue, insomnia, and dry mouth. In October 2015, Valeant Pharmaceticals acquired Sprout Pharmaceuticals, the producer of Addyi, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.45 billion, which included cash plus contingent consideration. Subsequently, in December 2017, Valeant completed the sale of Sprout to a buyer affiliated with certain former shareholders of Sprout, in exchange for a 6% royalty on global sales of Addyi beginning June 2019. Valeant noted that the sale of Sprout provided it with the opportunity to divest a business that was not core to its objectives, while also allowing it to resolve an ongoing legal matter between it and former shareholders of Sprout relating to compliance with certain contractual terms of the 2015 acquisition agreement with respect to the use of certain diligent efforts by Valeant to develop and commercialize Addyi.